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1,147 fish so far, best known first. 16 more are on the list to be written.

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🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreJapanese jack mackerel A silver coastal fish prized in East Asian cuisine.Tuna · Coasts and shelves

🇨🇱 Chile and 3 moreChilean jack mackerel A pelagic fish vital to global fisheries and salmon feed.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1920

WorldChub mackerel A widely distributed pelagic fish in the Scombridae family, known for its schooling habits and commercial value.Tuna · Coasts and shelves

🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreNarrow-barred Spanish mackerel Large Indo-Pacific mackerel with narrow vertical barsTuna · Coasts and shelves

WorldPacific bluefin tuna Large migratory tuna of the northern Pacific OceanTuna · Open ocean

🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreShort mackerel A small silver mackerel vital to Southeast Asian fisheries and cuisine.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1851

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Japanese jack mackerel: Izuzuki, CC BY 2.5, source
Chilean jack mackerel: C. Ortiz Rojas, Public domain, source
Chub mackerel: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel: ppericard, CC BY 4.0, source
Pacific bluefin tuna: aes256, CC BY 2.1 jp, source
Short mackerel: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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